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United States Patent | 5,280,179 |
Pryor ,   et al. | January 18, 1994 |
A machine-readable orientation code is provided on the surface of an object to enable determination of the orientation of the object. The orientation code is imaged onto a scanning matrix photodetector array and the output of the array is used to guide a robot to manipulate the object in accordance with the location of the image of the orientation code on the array.
Inventors: | Pryor; Timothy R. (all Windsor, CA); Hockley; Bernard (all Windsor, CA); Liptay-Wagner; Nick (all Windsor, CA); Hageniers; Omer L. (all Windsor, CA); Pastorius; W. J. (all Windsor, CA) |
Assignee: | Sensor Adaptive Machines Incorporated (Windsor, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 836508 |
Filed: | February 18, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 250/559.37; 250/559.08; 250/559.33; 901/47 |
Intern'l Class: | G01N 021/86 |
Field of Search: | 250/557,560,561,566,202,206.1,206.2,208.1 356/1,4,152,375 901/47 235/454,494,375 364/478,513,559 |
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